Year 9 - Physical education
Serving and returning
Net and wall games: overcome opponents in tennis challenges
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Unit Summary
This unit will provide pupils with the opportunity to transfer their hand-eye coordination and racket skills to tennis through a range of court games that develop skills further and introduce tennis specific rules, scoring and tactics. Pupils will be challenged to play by the rules.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to perform a basic overarm serve to start a rally and enjoy game play.
Key Notes
- Move: throwing the ball up high and just in front of the head with the non-racket hand requires accuracy and control.
- Move: rotating the forearm and snapping the wrist helps bring the ball down into court.
- Think: understanding the importance of a continental or chopper grip to ensure control and versatility when serving.
- Feel: commitment and patience is required to learn a new and complex skill.
- Connect: working with others to practise independently in small groups supports improvement.
Vocabulary To Learn
- net: when the ball hits the net but goes over.
- second serve: you get two attempts to get the serve in on each point in tennis
- double fault: both serves fail to land in the court so you lose the point
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think they have to hit the serve as hard as possible to be effective.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: throwing the ball up high and just in front of the head with the non-racket hand requires accuracy and control. Move: rotating the forearm and snapping the wrist helps bring the ball down into court.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'net'
when the ball hits the net but goes over.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think they have to hit the serve as hard as possible to be effective. Correction: Placement, spin and consistency are far more important when learning to serve.
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